Can you hear God’s Instructions and act? “Then I heard the voice of the LORD saying, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” “Here I am,” I said; “send me!” Isaiah 6:8

Then I heard the voice of the LORD saying, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” “Here I am,” I said; “send me!”Isaiah 6:8

Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.Matthew 10:26

Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 93 & Matthew 10:24-33

How many of us can say we’ve heard the voice of the LORD and acted? I mean how do you know the LORD is guiding you? Do you hear voices or see visions? Do you sit down with Jesus each day and live to accomplish the Will of His Father? We all have different ways of experiencing God’s Divine Voice in our ears, in person or in our hearts but to find the LORD’s Voice you must practice, pray and preach. The Three P’s seem awful simple but is hard to achieve in the midst of lustful pride of interpretation.

Many of us proclaim to be surrendered to Christ’s Way of thinking, feeling and living but interpret the Word of God in such a way that we draw ourselves a way from living the fundamental proof. The LORD says, “Do not kill.” It boggles my mind the justification of people who commit legalized killing of a baby in a womb by saying it’s my choice. God doesn’t give us a choice to live in Truth according to His Word. He doesn’t say in the Bible, “Oh, if you feel you have to, well, go ahead.” No, the Bible says, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life” John 14:6

The Way, the Truth and the Life has asked us to place love above all things reminding us to adhere to God’s Holy Decrees. God surely knew humanity couldn’t follow these ten seemingly simple rules of life but in essence mankind could not. We therefore have received a rite of passage in Christ’s Redemptive Cross of Reconciliation. We are forgiven for our transgressions but not allowed to commit them freely. There will a consequence for those who do not renounce sin by God’s Holy Hand of judgment. Will humanity figure it out or will the secular world of self take over? I for one believe with all my heart and soul that humanity is capable of living in Truth by allowing God to be the Center of everything you do.

Yesterday I reflected with a friend about Truth saying, “As I reflect on our great country, I see the word Truth more and more invisible. “I CAN see it, I can even smell it but I don’t see people living the Truth. More examples than I can shake a stick at. Moreover, we want to know the Truth exists but we fail to follow His Decrees to live in Truth. There is only One Truth: The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. People escape His Truth for selfish reasons but the Truth never escapes YOU. You know as well as I that the Truth is painful- downright ugly most of the time. Forgiven is to give and I have learned to live” finding that when we give back when we live in God’s Forgiveness of all.

God reminds us today to answer His Call no matter how difficult the task and live in His Truth to know His Salvation. Jesus also instructs us today to live in the Truth for “nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.” We must draw from His Words the courage to live for His Truth against the ways of evil selfish men and women who disregard the Truth as a “choice.” God’s grace forgives but does not condone.

By His own words mustn’t “be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.” Matthew 10:28 Remember, no matter how God tells you to act on His Truth, we must all practice, pray and preach by our life’s witness to His Surrendered Redemption. We must listen, plan and act for to the rooftops we go. “What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.” Matthew 10:27 Amen.

So we ask in prayer: Dear God, we pray today to listen and act on Your Word LORD. We pray for Julian’s complete recovery. LORD we pray for all who are sick and dying. We pray for the Prayer Warriors of the world. We pray for those who are willing to “proclaim from the housetops” Your Eternal Truth of living. We pray for the NC Emmaus Team. We pray this in Jesus Name. Amen.